TornadoLookup

Home / New Mexico / Union

Tornado in Union County, New Mexico

Tornado May 28, 2024 · Union County, New Mexico

–
Not rated
3.5 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A storm chaser reported a brief tornado over an open field south of Mount Dora and west of Clayton.

The wider storm

A disturbance embedded within upper level ridging along with higher surface moisture moving westward from Texas resulted in the development of thunderstorms in far northeast NM during the early afternoon hours. These storms became severe in northern Union County during the mid afternoon hours drifting southeast over east central Union County into the Texas Panhandle. One of these storms produced a brief tornado just southwest of Mount Dora along with quarter to golf ball size hail. Colliding outflow boundaries resulted in the development of new storms in far eastern Harding County and far southern Union County. These storms drifted south just west of the NM/TX state line during the evening hours dropping quarter to golf ball size hail and producing damaging winds gusts of up to 70 mph. The storms also caused flash flooding when moving through Clovis. Storms exited Roosevelt County into the Texas South Plains shortly before midnight local time.

Key Words: Tornado, Hail, Thunderstorm Wind Gust, Flash Flood.

Began near Mt Dora (36.4800, -103.5000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1169643. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.